'This textbook contains material on
Gravity. Universal Gravity is a theory, not a fact, regarding the
natural law of attraction. This material should be approached with
an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.'

The Universal Theory of Gravity is often taught in schools as
a 'fact,' when in fact it is not even a good theory.

First of all, no one has measured gravity for every atom and every
star. It is simply a religious belief that it is 'universal.'
Secondly, school textbooks routinely make false statements. For example,
'the moon goes around the earth.' If the theory of gravity were
true, it would show that the sun's gravitational force on the moon is
much stronger than the earth's gravitational force on the moon, so the
moon would go around the sun. Anybody can look up at night and see the
obvious gaps in gravity theory.

The existence of tides is often taken as a proof of gravity, but this
is logically flawed. Because if the moon's 'gravity' were
responsible for a bulge underneath it, then how can anyone explain a
high tide on the opposite side of the earth at the same time? Anyone can
observe that there are 2 -- not 1 -- high tides every day. It is far
more likely that tides were given us by an Intelligent Creator long ago
and they have been with us ever since. In any case, two high
tides falsifies gravity.

There are numerous other flaws. For example, astronomers, who seem to
have a fetish for gravity, tell us that the moon rotates on its axis but
at the same time it always presents the same face to the earth. This is
patently absurd. Moreover, if gravity were working on the early earth,
then earth would have been bombarded out of existence by falling
asteroids, meteors, comets, and other space junk. Furthermore, gravity
theory suggests that the planets have been moving in orderly orbits for
millions and millions of years, which wholly contradicts the Second Law
of Thermodynamics. Since everything in the Universe tends to disorder
according to the 2nd Law, orderly orbits are impossible. This cannot be
resolved by pointing to the huge outpouring of energy from the sun. In
fact, it is known that the flux of photons from the sun and the 'solar wind' actually tends to push earth away.

There are numerous alternative theories that should be taught on an
equal basis. For example, the observed behavior of the earth revolving
around the sun can be perfectly explained if the sun has a net positive
charge and the planets have a net negative charge, since opposite
charges attract and the force is an inverse-square law, exactly as the
increasingly discredited Theory of Gravity. Physics and chemistry texts
emphasize that this is the explanation for electrons going around the
nucleus, so if it works for atoms, why not for the solar system? The
answer is simple: scientific orthodoxy.

The US Patent Office has never issued a patent for anti-gravity. Why
is this? According to natural law and homeopathy, everything exists in
opposites: good-evil; grace-sin; positive charges-negative charges;
north poles-south poles; good vibes-bad vibes; etc. We know there are
anti-evolutionists, so why not anti-gravitationalists? It is clearly a
matter of the scientific establishment elite protecting their own.
Anti-gravity papers are routinely rejected from peer-reviewed journals,
and scientists who propose anti-gravity quickly lose their funding.
Universal gravity theory is just a way to keep the grant money flowing.

Even
Isaac Newton, said to be the discoverer of gravity, knew there
were problems with the theory. He claims to have invented the idea early
in his life, but he knew that no mathematician of his day would approve
his theory, so he invented a whole new branch of mathematics, called fluxions,
just to 'prove' his theory. This became calculus, a deeply
flawed branch having to do with so-called 'infinitesimals' which
have never been observed. Then when Einstein invented a new theory of
gravity, he, too, used an obscure bit of mathematics called tensors.
It seems that every time there is a theory of gravity, it is mixed up
with 'fringe' mathematics. Newton, by the way, was far from a
secular scientist, and the bulk of his writings is actually on theology
and Christianity. His dabbling in gravity, alchemy, and calculus was a
mere sideline, perhaps an aberration best left forgotten in describing
his career and faith in a Creator.

To make matters worse, proponents of gravity theory hypothesize about
mysterious things called gravitons and gravity waves. These have never
been observed, and when some accounts of detecting gravity waves were
published, the physicists involved had to quickly retract them. Every
account of anti-gravity and gravity waves quickly turns to laughter.
This is not a theory suitable for children. And even children can see
how ridiculous it is to imagine that people in Australia are upside down
with respect to us, as gravity theory would have it. If this is an
example of the predictive power of the theory of gravity, we can see
that at the core there is no foundation.

Gravity totally fails to explain why Saturn has rings and Jupiter
does not. It utterly fails to account for obesity. In fact, what it does
'explain' is far out-weighed by what it does not explain.

When the planet Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, he
relied on 'gravitational calculations.' But Tombaugh was a
Unitarian, a liberal religious group that supports the Theory of
Gravity. The modern-day Unitarian-Universalists continue to rely on
liberal notions and dismiss ideas of anti-gravity as heretical. Tombaugh
never even attempted to justify his 'gravitational calculations' on
the basis of Scripture, and he went on to be a founding member of the
liberal Unitarian Fellowship of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

It is safe to say that without the Theory of Gravity, there would be
no talk about a 'Big Bang,' and important limitations in such
sports as basketball would be lifted. This would greatly benefit the
games and enhance revenue as is proper in a faith-based, free-enterprise
society.

The theory of gravity violates common sense in many ways. Adherents
have a hard time explaining, for instance, why airplanes do not fall.
Since anti-gravity is rejected by the scientific establishment, they
resort to lots of hand-waving. The theory, if taken seriously, implies
that the default position for all airplanes is on the ground. While this
is obviously true for Northwest airplanes (relying on 'A Wing and a
Prayer'), it appears that Jet Blue and Southwest have a superior
theory that effectively harnesses forces that overcome so-called
gravity.

It is unlikely that the Law of Gravity will be repealed given the
present geo-political climate, but there is no need to teach unfounded
theories in the public schools. There is, indeed, evidence that the
Theory of Gravity is having a grave effect on morality. Activist judges
and left-leaning teachers often use the phrase 'what goes up must
come down' as a way of describing gravity, and relativists have
been quick to apply this to moral standards and common decency.

It is not even clear why we need a theory of gravity -- there is not
a single mention in the Bible, and the patriotic founding fathers never
referred to it.

Finally, the mere name 'Universal Theory of Gravity' or 'Theory
of Universal Gravity' (the secularists like to use confusing language)
has a distinctly socialist ring to it. The core idea of 'to each
according to his weight, from each according to his mass' is
communist. There is no reason that gravity should apply to the just and
the unjust equally, and the saved should have relief from such 'universalism.'
If we have Universal Gravity now, then Universal health care will be
sure to follow. It is this kind of Universalism that saps a nation's
moral fiber.

Overall, the Theory of Universal Gravity is just not an attractive
theory. It is based on borderline evidence, has many serious gaps in
what it claims to explain, is clearly wrong in important respects, and
has social and moral deficiencies. If taught in the public schools, by
mis-directed 'educators,' it has to be balanced with alternative,
more attractive theories with genuine gravamen and spiritual gravitas.